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Former Randolph County deputy in jail

LEXINGTON — Foy Ray McNeil, 47, a former deputy and volunteer with the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department, was arrested on Monday and is in the Davidson County Jail under $10,000 bond, according to a statement issued on Wednesday from the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department.

On Monday, April 22, members of the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office Interstate Criminal Enforcement Unit arrested McNeil on I-85 for assault by pointing a gun and impersonating a police officer.

He had called Davidson County 911 and identified himself as a deputy with the Randolph County Sheriff’s office. He said he was in an unmarked white Chevy Camaro traveling south and was following a white Honda which contained narcotics.

Davidson County detectives stopped the white Honda for speeding. During the stop, a grey Chevrolet Cavalier passenger car, driven by Laron Glenn, of Charlotte, pulled up behind the Honda. McNeil then drove in behind the Honda.

He got out and pointed a .357 handgun at Glenn and told Davidson County Sgt. J.W. Soles, who had pulled the Honda off the road, that he was a vice narcotics officer with the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office. McNeil explained that he was currently working a drug investigation on the subjects driving the white Honda and grey Cavalier.

Soles investigated and learned McNeil was not a current employee with the Randolph County Sheriffs’ Office nor was he a sworn officer with Randolph County and that McNeil had not worked for the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office in several years.

Soles arrested McNeil, seized a .357 handgun and a Randolph County Sheriff’s Office identification card, from 1995, along with a Ruger .223 rifle and two T-Shirts bearing the name “SHERIFF” from inside the vehicle.

McNeil was placed in the Davidson County Detention Center under a $10,000 secured bond and has a court date of May 28.

The Dispatch newspaper in Lexington obtained a copy of the 911 call where McNeil told 911 dispatchers, “I’m an off duty Randolph County vice/narcotics officer. Give me a deputy. I’m coming into your county on Interstate 85 South. We tried to get the Archdale City (Police) to pull these two cars over. … They are hauling drugs … .”

The paper reported that the dispatcher told McNeil to go ahead and pull the cars over, but he said he didn’t have a blue light on his unmarked car.

When Glenn saw something was going on, he called Davidson County 911 to report the driver of the white Chevy Camaro. The dispatcher responded that the driver was an undercover officer who was trying to get him to pull over. Glenn told the dispatcher that he didn’t see any police lights and that the driver was waving some identification and a gun. Glenn told the dispatcher he wasn’t stopping.

Then when Glenn saw that a police officer in front of him had pulled over the white Honda, Glenn pulled off the road, seeking immediate help. That is when McNeil followed and pulled a gun on him.

According to Randolph County Sheriff Maynard Reid, McNeil served under former Sheriff Litchard Hurley and was last employed in 1996. McNeil became an inactive reserve volunteer for the department, but was dismissed from that position in 1999.

Reid was unsure what kind of position McNeil had held while employed with the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department, but had received complaints about him. One of them involved an elderly woman who owned a trailer park. McNeil had been telling her about drug activity there. She notified Reid, who met with McNeil and told him to leave the county.

According to the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department, McNeil’s address is 586 WaterPoint Road, Autryville, N.C. in Sampson County, near Clinton. Marcus Smith, public information officer with the Sampson County Sheriff’s Department, was unaware that McNeil had moved there. The department had not had any dealings with him.